Swimming World’s Male NCAA Performance of the Year goes to Caeleb Dressel for his dominant 100 free at the men’s NCAA championships this March, when he swam a time of 40.00 to nearly become the first man to ever break into the 39-second realm for the event.
There were a few barriers that were expected to be broken for the first time this weekend. One of them was the unthinkable 40 second barrier in the 100 freestyle. Florida junior Caeleb Dresselalmost made that a reality on Saturday night with a 40.00 for his third win of the meet. Dressel was out in 19.01 to blitz the field and made the IU Natatorium collectively sigh when he touched the wall, getting oh so close to the 40 second barrier in the 100 free.
Dressel got pressure from Missouri’s Michael Chadwick who placed second at 40.95. NC State’s Ryan Held finished third at 41.21. Chadwick is now fourth all-time in that event, while Held is seventh all-time.
USC’s Dylan Carter, Santo Condorelli, Texas’ Brett Ringgold, Stanford’s Sam Perry and Indiana’s Blake Pieroni also swam in the A-Final.
Florida now has two wins in the 100 free at the NCAA Championships, both from Dressel, who also won last year.
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= NCAA: N 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida Championship: C 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida American: A 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida U. S. Open: O 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida Pool: P 40.76 Vlad Morozov, USC Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === Championship Final === 1 Dressel, Caeleb JR Florida 41.00 40.00N 20 r:+0.59 19.01 40.00 (20.99) 2 Chadwick, Michael SR Missouri 41.58 40.95 17 r:+0.63 19.43 40.95 (21.52) 3 Held, Ryan JR NC State 41.34 41.21 16 r:+0.63 19.54 41.21 (21.67) 4 Carter, Dylan JR Southern Cali 41.73 41.76 15 r:+0.56 19.88 41.76 (21.88) 5 Ringgold, Brett JR Texas 41.96 41.77 13.5 r:+0.68 19.75 41.77 (22.02) 5 Condorelli, Santo JR Southern Cali 41.92 41.77 13.5 r:+0.62 19.60 41.77 (22.17) 7 Perry, Sam JR Stanford 41.77 41.80 12 r:+0.61 19.62 41.80 (22.18) 8 Pieroni, Blake JR Indiana 41.89 41.85 11 r:+0.61 19.93 41.85 (21.92)
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Dressel gets my vote. Tough call though. NOT. Seems to me he is the world’s best swimmer – him and Ledecky. He is over decorated, which I’ll try not to focus on.